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Jim Mitchell (tight end)

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Jim Mitchell
Born:(1947-10-19)October 19, 1947
Shelbyville, Tennessee
Died:October 20, 2007(2007-10-20) (aged 60)
Career information
Position(s)TE
Height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight234 lb (106 kg)
CollegePrairie View A&M
NFL draft1969, round: 4, pick: 81
Career history
As player
1969–1979Atlanta Falcons
Career highlights and awards
Pro Bowls2

James Robert Mitchell (October 19, 1947 – October 20, 2007) was a professional American football player. A 6'2", 234 lbs. tight end from Prairie View A&M University, Mitchell played 11 seasons from 1969-1979 for the Atlanta Falcons and was selected to the Pro Bowl after the 1969 and 1972 seasons. After leaving the NFL, Jim Mitchell coached football at Morehouse College and Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Georgia, supporting the tradition of football at historically black colleges and universities. Jim Mitchell has three sons and a daughter: Damian Mitchell, Brandon Hodges, a football player at Bethune-Cookman University who has a major in Pre-med Chemistry, and Chanee Lee, a N.C Central graduate with a masters in Business. And two grandchildren: Justin Mitchell who is a scholar at Lakeside High School in Atlanta, GA. And Jordan Mitchell.